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Quest
The Runesmiths of Malykriss
A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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These drop from the Skeletal Runesmiths around 58,71
Near the southern side of Malykriss there is a wealth of runesmiths just hammering away on anvils. As such, it is an excellent area to quickly farm the 5 plates. Be very careful, I found myself quickly overwhelmed by the rapid respawns and proximity aggro.
Suffice to say: went in for 5 kills, came out literally 37 later.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneIcecrown
Quest ID13140
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13140))
What to do
StorylineIcecrown, step 120 of 167
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Those shards you recovered can only have come from one place, Malykriss. It's the seat of the Lich King's metalworking operations, to the east of Corp'rethar. What's puzzling is that metal isn't needed to stitch together abominations or flesh giants, or to summon skeletal servants. Find the skeletal runesmiths working on the bottom level of Malykriss and capture the plates they're working on. We need to find out why this metal is finding its way to the Fleshwerks.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #118 35.5 66.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inIcecrown 35.5, 66.4
/way #118 35.5 66.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 58.9, 73.2
/way #118 58.9 73.2
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Icecrown map
- Careful Creations same spot
- Werk In Progress same spot
- Research Ruination about 1,080 yards
- Scourge War Machines about 1,080 yards
- Frozen Solid about 1,080 yards
- A New Foothold about 1,080 yards
- Cult Couture about 1,080 yards
- Secrets in Shadows about 1,080 yards
- A Message from Above about 1,080 yards
- Only Shadows Remain about 1,080 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Icecrown, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:
- Death's Rise, Icecrown
- Warsong Camp, Wintergrasp
- The Shadow Vault, Icecrown
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Reward details
Reputation: Argent Crusade +250
Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Icecrown that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Scourge Tactics (+250), Defending The Vanguard (+250), Curing The Incurable (+250), Into The Wild Green Yonder (+350), A Tale of Valor (+10), A Cold Front Approaches (+10).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Icecrown
Part 120 of 167.
Previous: I'm Smelting... Smelting! · Next: A Visit to the Doctor
- 115Destroying the Altars
- 116Death's Gaze
- 117Spill Their Blood
- 118Jagged Shards
- 119I'm Smelting... Smelting!
- 120The Runesmiths of Malykriss
- 121A Visit to the Doctor
- 122By Fire Be Purged
- 123Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton
- 124He's Gone to Pieces
- 125Putting Olakin Back Together Again
- 126The Flesh Giant Champion
Showing steps 115 to 126 of 167.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- I'm Smelting... Smelting!
<Olakin turns one of the shards over in an armored fist.> These could pierce armor with enough force. We have to find out what they're made of and what the Lich King intends to do with them. To the east, nestled next to Icecrown Citadel itself, lies Malykriss.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Visit to the Doctor
So they've been embedding these ghouls with broken shards of saronite down in the Sanctum of Reanimation? We must put a stop to this, before these ghouls can be deployed against our troops. Find the entrance to the Sanctum of Reanimation in the flesh giant lab area of the Fleshwerks.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Icecrown map
- Return of the Scourge
- Class Mount: Death Knight
- An Uncertain Fate
- Lorewalking: Arthas
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.